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Chapter 317 Shafa's Journey to the Gilgamesh Family, The Mysterious Emperor? The Divine Spirit!

Chapter 317 Shafa's Journey Through the Gilgamesh Family: The Mysterious Emperor? The Divine Spirit! (Part 1)

The universe, ancient and eternal, desolate and lonely, boundless and limitless.

Natural star field, outside Gilgamesh.

As the planet of the Gilgamesh family, one of the divinely favored families, this place is always bustling with activity.

Various cosmic merchants, interstellar ships, bounty hunters, adventurers, explorers, super hunters—and so on—frequently travel to this planet to trade with members of the Gilgamesh family.

At this moment, a million kilometers away from Gilgamesh, somewhere in the dark and deep cosmic sky.

A strange fluctuation occurred, and several figures stumbled out from within. Behind them, in the previously empty space, the phantom of an extremely large building flashed briefly before collapsing and disappearing inward.

The group of people looked extremely disheveled, with tattered clothes, bloodstains on their faces, and wounds all over their bodies.

The leader was a tall and strong young man. His handsome face, like that of an ancient Greek sculpture, was full of determination, but deep in his eyes, there was a hint of grief and indignation.

The young man carried a huge white cocoon of light on his shoulder. The white cocoon looked extremely mysterious, its surface covered with counter-clockwise rotating dials that appeared and disappeared, yet inexplicably gave off a sense of holiness.

This person was Xia Fa.

"We finally escaped. By the way, where's Old Man Butterfly?"

Thor Loki wiped the blood from his forehead, ignoring the residual mutations caused by his loss of control, and immediately began to search his surroundings.

Nidhogg is dead, and Sharatul is seriously injured and unconscious. Now, the only thing to do is to tell everything to the Butterfly Elder, the head of the Secret Eyes family, hoping that this patriarch of the Temporary Church can contact the true god she believes in, [Temporary Reality], and take timely action.

Xia Fa also used his spiritual intuition, but found that the area outside the old forge was completely empty, except for the occasional meteorite that whistled past.

Before everyone entered the old forge, there were many members of the Starry Sky Dragon Clan guarding it, and the Butterfly Elder was also waiting for her granddaughter to come out.

Could it be that...?

Thinking of the three bronze cleaners sneaking into the old forge, Xia Fa felt a sudden tightness in his heart and had a very bad premonition.

Ai Luotong seemed to have considered this possibility as well, and her originally cold and indifferent face suddenly lost all color.

She hurriedly clasped her hands together, and golden flame patterns immediately appeared on her palms. Although they were just patterns, they gave people a feeling of burning fiercely. Then, the golden flame patterns gathered at the tip of her index finger, and Ai Luotong suddenly wiped them on her eyes. The golden flames in her eyes immediately blazed brighter.

boom-!

Not far ahead, the void seemed to be ignited, with golden flames burning fiercely. Even though there was nothing there, not even air, in the blink of an eye, a large hole was burned into the void.

Feeling the terrifying power emanating from it, Xia Fa was secretly alarmed.

In fact, if the Bronze Cleaner hadn't been so powerful, any other opponent would probably have been completely unable to withstand Ai Luo Tong's golden flames.

This is not simply a matter of temperature; this golden flame gives Xiafa the feeling that it can ignite everything.

If Ai Luo Tong is a god, then even a bronze cleaner would be severely injured by this golden flame.

Almost instantly, from the large hole formed by the melting golden flames, the figure of a kind old woman, leaning on a cane, slowly emerged.

Ai Luotong immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said in an almost coquettish tone, "Grandma—"

The old man with the butterfly-like appearance glanced at everyone from the large hole in the golden flames, and asked in confusion, "Where's Nidhogg? Granddaughter, are you alright?"

As she spoke, she stepped out from inside.

Norton Dragon, who had been in a daze, raised his head upon hearing this. His once sharp and piercing eyes were now devoid of light, and he said as if all his strength had been drained, "Uncle—is dead."

"Dead?"

The old man with the hunched back shuddered violently, nearly dropping his cane, and immediately exclaimed, "Are you kidding me? How did you die?!"

It should be noted that Nidhogg is not only the Secret Emperor who signed twenty-five secret contracts, but also the Pope of the Church of Errors!

He is the trusted confidant of the "Error Rule," one of the nine righteous gods, who personally serves the "Error Rule" and handles various matters for the "Error Rule" in the real world!

If the Pope of the erroneous church really dies, it won't be such a simple death. The wrath of this true god, [Erroneous Rules], might sweep across the entire universe.

Sol Loki then said with grief, "Pope Nidhogg—died to save us, perishing together with the Silver Cleansers at the last moment."

Solrock had never shown any respect to Nidhogg before, always addressing him by his full name, but now he added the title "Pope," and he meant it sincerely.

The Butterfly Elder also noticed this subtle difference, and since it was the young master of the Gilgamesh family who had spoken, she immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

"What are we going to do? What are we going to do? Nidhogg is dead—by the way, what exactly is that Silver Cleanser?"

Ai Luotong asked, puzzled, "Grandma, didn't you hear [Brief Reality] mention this?"

The old butterfly sighed, "No, but I was originally going to wait outside the old forge for you to come out. I've been waiting for three days already, but just now I suddenly received a divine decree from Lord [Brief Reality], asking me to return to the earthly divine kingdom to do something, so I left."

Upon hearing this, everyone tensed up, their faces revealing expressions of deep ambiguity or thoughtful contemplation.

It's impossible for things to be so coincidental. Just when the three Bronze Cleaners were approaching the Old Forge, the Butterfly Elder, this extraordinary lord, was actually summoned away by [Brief Reality]?

The only possibility is that [Brief Reality] knew about the appearance of the Bronze Cleaners, so it found an excuse to lure away the Butterfly Elder, which was equivalent to saving her life.

Otherwise, if the Bronze Cleaners, even in their suppressed state within the old forge, were this powerful, imagine what would happen if they encountered the Butterfly Elder in the real world—

It can only be said that the Butterfly Elder will probably not even have a chance to escape.

"Young Master!"

"Young Master, we've arrived."

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"Big brother, are you alright?"

Suddenly, shouts rang out, coming from members of the Starry Sky Dragon Clan.

Xia Fa immediately recognized them as the same people who had been holding potion bottles and preparing to surround the old forge to prevent anyone from entering when the Starry Sky Dragon Clan and the Gilgamesh Clan had their conflict.

"Young Master, are you alright? We were just about to wait outside the old forge for you and the Master to come out, but we were suddenly called away by the saints of the church. They said that Lord [Error Rules] had given orders that there was something important to do."

One of the middle-aged men, who had dragon horns on his head, stepped forward. He looked quite shrewd and capable, and indeed explained the whole story in a single sentence.

Xia Fa listened, his doubts growing even stronger.

Moreover, not only Shafa, but also Amphion, Solrocki, and even Rusconsin, whose eyes had grown back, frowned and sensed something strange.

Ironically, just as the three Bronze Cleaners appeared, the Butterfly Elder and the members of the Starry Sky Dragon Clan, who were guarding outside the old forge, were all transferred away by their respective church's righteous gods for various reasons.

The gods clearly knew the Bronze Cleansers would appear, so why didn't they intervene? Instead, they simply diverted the believers who might be killed by the Bronze Cleansers.

Of all the people, only Xia Fa could vaguely guess the reason.

The gods are not intervening, probably because they are worried that it would awaken the sleeping Golden Cleansers prematurely.

In that case, all extraordinary beings in the universe—or any living being associated with extraordinary power—would face annihilation in an instant.

Almost immediately, the members of the Starry Sky Dragon Clan noticed Norton Dragon's distraught state, as if he had lost all his energy and spirit, and they were all taken aback.

Constantine looked around in surprise and asked, "Where is the patriarch? Where did the patriarch go?"

In the Star Dragon family, only Norton Dragon is qualified to call Nidhogg "Uncle". Even though Constantine Dragon is Norton Dragon's younger brother, he must still address Nidhogg as "Head of the Family".

At this moment, tears of pain welled up in Norton's eyes again, which startled the members of the Starry Sky Dragon Clan.

Because, from childhood to adulthood, this was the first time they had ever seen Norton cry.

Back then, when Norton Dragon had just become an angel, he dared to chase after a Skyfire Star Dragon on his own. As a result, he was burned to the point that only half of his head remained, and his body was burned to ashes. When he fled back to his family in a sorry state, he did not cry.

Not only did He not cry, He even laughed at the time, as if He regarded the injury as a testament to His glory and courage.

But now, Norton Dragon—actually cried like never before, crying so sadly, like a child.

"Uncle, uncle is dead, I—I—"

Perhaps it was because he saw his relatives and clansmen that Norton Dragon seemed to suddenly release the floodgates of his heart. He clenched his fists and slammed them against his head with a loud "bang." In an instant, his face was filled with extreme guilt and remorse, and tears streamed down his face: "I'm so useless! I'm a damn good-for-nothing! I could only watch my uncle sacrifice himself, but—but I couldn't do anything about it."

Rumble!

Norton Dragon's words, and his genuine expression, struck the hearts of every member of the Starry Sky Dragon Clan present like a bolt from the blue.

After a brief silence, everyone looked terrified and completely panicked.

"No, this is impossible! Patriarch—how could Patriarch be dead?"

"The patriarch is the Emperor of Secrets, the Emperor of Secrets who has signed twenty-five secret contracts! As long as he doesn't go to the Star Spirit Realm, who in the real world can do anything to him?!"

"Master of the Clan— Waaaaaah—Master of the Clan—"

Even if they were unwilling to accept it, and even if they questioned it, the members of the Starry Sky Dragon family still had to accept this fact.

Some knelt on the ground in anguish, some collapsed with their legs giving way, some wept uncontrollably, some wailed incessantly, some remained silent with their heads bowed, and others frowned deeply, pondering the unknown fate of their families.

As Xia Fa watched this scene, he couldn't help but recall Nidhogg's majestic and resolute face, his domineering expression, and the warm gaze and sincere words he always gave when inviting him to join the Star Dragon Clan.

For the first time since coming into this world, he felt the pain of losing someone he desperately wanted to protect.

No, actually, he hadn't even grown to the point where he could protect Nidhogg. On the contrary, it was Nidhogg who chose to sacrifice himself to protect him, choosing to perish together with the Silver Cleanser.

As the owner of Nidhogg's [Eternal Chaos], he could have easily escaped if he wanted to.

However, in that situation, Nidhogg would have had to abandon the other people in the old blacksmith's workshop.

But He did not choose that option; instead, He chose to sacrifice Himself to protect everyone.

"The Cleaner————"

An uncontrollable rage reignited in Xia Fa's heart, a rage that seemed to engulf his entire body.

Having gone through this ordeal, he would not allow any more people he wanted to protect to die, and first and foremost, he had to become powerful by any means necessary!

So powerful that it can deal with any level of Cleaner!

No matter the cost, no matter the means!

"I can attest to the fact that I heard with my own ears that the dying wish of Pope Nidhogg was for the Norton brothers to become the heads of your Star Dragon family."

At this moment, Thorloki suddenly spoke up, saying, "Pope Nidhogg died protecting us. When I return, I will discuss with the acting head of the family that from now on, all the star dragons in the universe will belong to you. Our Gilgamesh family will no longer interfere. If needed, we will purchase them from you."

As the young lord of the Gilgamesh family, his words carried considerable weight.

Hearing these words, the members of the Starry Sky Dragon Clan felt even more grief-stricken.

Even the young master of the Gilgamesh family, who has always been their sworn enemy, has changed his attitude to this extent, which shows how tragically the patriarch sacrificed himself back then.

At this moment, Ai Luotong spoke in an ethereal voice: "I heard it too. Before Uncle Nidhogg died, he did say that Norton Dragon should succeed him."

Although she remained taciturn throughout, her words were perfectly timed. As the young master of the Secret Eye family, she confirmed the truth of Thor Loki's words and helped Norton Dragon.

Odin Dragon stepped forward again. He was Nidhogg's uncle and the strongest member of the Star Dragon Clan besides Nidhogg. His words carried great weight within the clan: "We need to know the truth about how the patriarch died. As for the promise you made on behalf of the Gilgamesh Clan, we cannot take advantage of the patriarch's death to profit from your family. However, we can discuss it in detail later."

After a pause, He continued, "Since the patriarch has left a will, then from today onwards, we will acknowledge Norton Dragon as the patriarch of the Starry Sky Dragon Clan!"

He turned around respectfully and led his family members, who were still grieving, to pay a very solemn respect to Norton Dragon.

Unexpectedly, perhaps because of what he had just vented, Norton had regained his composure. However, his face still bore the mark of grief, extreme grief, but he no longer shed tears.

"Fellow clansmen, no need for formalities. Let's go back now and hold the funeral for our eldest uncle. Shafa, Solloki, regarding the long-standing feud between our two divinely favored families, I will come to you in a while to discuss how to reconcile."

Norton's expression not only returned to calm, but his thoughts also became clear in an instant, and he immediately issued orders in his capacity as the head of the family.

However, almost everyone present, including the Butterfly Elder, sensed a chilling feeling beneath their otherwise calm gazes.

It seems that—from the moment Nidhogg died, this passionate, impulsive Norton dragon, who even lowered himself to befriend the extraordinary monarchs of Caligi, had already transformed into a vengeful demon.

From then on, His life was probably only about eliminating all the Cleaners in the universe.

"I will obey the orders of the patriarch!"

Odin and the other family members responded with a word of grief, and then, together with Norton, who had turned around, flew into the depths of the cosmos.

Seeing this, the Butterfly Elder said rather urgently, "Everyone, we have to go back too. This matter must be reported to Lord [Brief Reality]. Ai Luo Tong, come with me and tell me everything that happened in the old blacksmith shop."

When the pastor of the short-lived church spoke, no one dared to disagree, and they all bid farewell to the Butterfly Elder and Airo Tong.

Seeing the two figures, one old and one young, disappear into the depths of the cosmos, only Xia Fa and the other two, along with Rusconzo, remained on the scene.

"Hmm—I have to go too. I need to find somewhere to hide for a while. Xia Fa, I'll treat you to a drink next time we meet!"

Ruscond hurriedly said something and immediately flew away. It seemed that he was terrified by the Cleaners and would probably not come out until the end of time.

Seeing this, Xia Fa had no objection; on the contrary, he was quite understanding.

After all, Rusconsin was merely an angelic overlord, while the Cleaners' affairs—at least involved divine beings, were simply beyond His reach.

"Xia Fa, perfect timing. Let's go back to our families first, and then discuss this further."

Seeing this, Solrock tried to make a suggestion, but his expression betrayed his apprehension.

After all, while everyone else was hiding in the old forge, Shafa single-handedly took down a Bronze Cleanser, even faster than Nidhogg.

Although Shafa relied on the [Old Treasure: Rhine Blade of Calamity] during the battle and caught the Bronze Cleaner off guard, he still won.

In a sense, Shafa is currently the strongest member of the Gilgamesh family, even stronger than the acting head of the family, Flnir.

Xia Fazheng had this intention; he had long wanted to visit his parents and great-grandfather, Xia Latu.

"Okay, I was just thinking of going to visit our family's life-bearing planet. By the way, who is the acting family head you mentioned earlier?"

Solrock said, "The acting head of the family, Folnir, is my great-grandfather's cousin. When he was young, he was originally the young master of our Gilgamesh family, but my great-grandfather rose to prominence and not only took his place as the young master, but later became the head of the family."

Amphion sighed, "Yes, after Fernir's defeat, he angrily left his family and only returned in the last hundred years. Moreover, while traveling throughout the universe, he has been establishing secondary faiths on various inhabited planets and collecting anchor points. He is almost a transcendental monarch."

Xia Fa pondered for a moment and said, "So, after our great-grandfather was seriously injured and fell into a coma, this Folnier became the acting head of the family? Why didn't he step in when you were being bullied before?"

Thor Loki said helplessly, "He wasn't here at the time. He must have gone to a life-bearing planet in a remote corner of the universe to continue building secondary faiths and collecting anchor points. Three days have passed, and I don't know if he's returned yet."

As they talked, they flew towards Gilgamesh.

Although they are a million kilometers apart, the weakest among them are veteran extraordinary monarchs, or Xia Fa, whose rank seems a bit off, but whose strength far surpasses that of veteran extraordinary monarchs.

Therefore, a distance of a million kilometers can actually be covered in just a few minutes.

During the high-speed flight, communication quickly became inconvenient, so Xia Fa had no choice but to try to communicate with the spirit of the secret treasure within the Rhine Blade of Calamity.

As for the fact that his possession of ancient treasures had been exposed in the old blacksmith's shop, Xia Fa wasn't too worried.

Firstly, among those in the know, three are from the Gilgamesh family, and these three certainly wouldn't reveal it casually.

Secondly, Norton and Airotong are also unlikely to tell, after all, they have been through thick and thin together.

The only remaining Rusconsin will likely remain hidden in a corner of some remote, inhabited planet in the universe, and will certainly not reveal this news.

Moreover, unless He is stupid, He should realize that once He speaks out, it is equivalent to provoking a being comparable to a veteran extraordinary monarch.

On the other hand, since acquiring the [Old Treasure: Rhine Blade of Calamity], his strength has increased significantly, and he is no longer so afraid of being exposed.

Or rather, in the real world, I'm not that afraid.

Now, Shafa felt confident that he could even fight Dionysius!

Moreover, there's no need to change his appearance with a "sharply sculpted face" anymore; he can handle the Crimson Agent just the same.

As for whether the news will attract the attention of those beings of god or outer god status when it reaches the Celestial Spirit Realm—as long as I'm careful and sleep inside the Red Silver Star Shell, I shouldn't have to worry.

Just as he was thinking this, his spiritual intuition suddenly rang out the voice of the spirit of the secret treasure, though it sounded rather weak.

"Master, you—you escaped? That's—that's wonderful!"

Xia Fa immediately said, "You know those Cleaners? Were you the one who used the ancient divine power in the Old Forge to suppress them before?"

The Spirit of the Treasure said, "I don't know them, but—I've heard the great [Rhine Calamity] mention them before. He once sat on his throne, gazing into the distance, and said that even if he defeated the nine great gods this time, he might face even more terrifying beings tens of thousands of years later. I guess he was referring to these Cleansers back then."

Xia Fa nodded thoughtfully, and was just about to ask about other things when he heard the spirit of the treasure's voice grow even weaker: "Master, I need to sleep for a while. I put the Rhine Secret Forging Method in the second secret rune from the left on the Rhine Horse-Slaying Blade. If you need it, go and get it yourself. I—I'm going to sleep—I'm going to sleep—"

Xia Fa was slightly taken aback, and then sighed softly in his heart.

It seems the spirit of the Rhine Blade of Calamity expended considerable energy to save him.

Fortunately, this time when dealing with the Bronze Cleaner, I used the power of "Miracle" from [Miracle Fantasy] and succeeded in one blow.

In this situation, perhaps because the Bronze Cleaners are among the strongest beings in the Gods, my progress in understanding the [Miracle Fantasy] has actually skyrocketed to over 70%!

With just over 20% remaining, I'll have fully grasped the concept and signed the fifth Overlord-level secret agreement!

Even [Absolute Defense] only signed four overlord-level secret contracts before becoming a god, but he himself was able to sign a full five—Xia Fa was very curious about what kind of changes would occur then.

He had a premonition that when he signed the fifth hegemon-level secret contract, his life level might undergo its first leap, completely different from now.

At that time, people will have to change how they address him from "he" to "He".

As I was thinking this, the beautiful and ecologically rich planet Gilgamesh was growing larger and larger in my field of vision.

In other words, he was getting closer and closer to the life-bearing planet that his family owned.

For some reason, Xia Fa felt inexplicably uneasy.

Unexpectedly, just as they were about to enter the atmosphere, they suddenly saw an old figure emerge from the rolling mountains, leading a large group of people, flying rapidly toward them.

"Sor Loki, wait a minute, what are you doing?"

The aged figure bore a striking resemblance to Sharatul, but his eyes held a ruthless and cunning air.

As soon as it flew over, it immediately blocked Xia Fa and the others outside the atmosphere without saying a word, its face full of vigilance.

It was none other than Fornir, the acting head of the Gilgamesh family.

Folnir pointed at Shafa, then turned to Thorloki, his voice sharp and menacing: "Who is this guy? With the family in peril, how dare you bring a stranger into our Gilgamesh planet without my permission?"

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